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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: NUKE on December 10, 2002, 09:17:26 PM
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I'd have to go with "Final Countdown" as the best war film ever made.
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Paths of Glory
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"In the army now" with Paulie Shore.
AKDejaVu
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Pearl Harbor
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"Battle of Britain" United Artists, 1969 (I think)
eskimo
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BLACK HAWK DOWN or SAVING PRIVATE RYAN .
ComradII
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Tora! Tora! Tora!
Probably because it was a Japanese/US co-production. Seemed every even handed and unbiased.
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Bridge Too Far or Lost Battalion
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Originally posted by AKDejaVu
"In the army now" with Paulie Shore.
AKDejaVu
LOL :)
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"How I won the war" With John Lennon is the 2nd best of all time
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LOL! Animal you fibber!:D
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Legionaire!!! (dunno how to spell it)
It had Jean Claude Van Dam, so you KNOW it had to be kick ass!!!!
But seriously, there was this movie I saw a while ago.. I think it had Jim Belushi in it... he was the tank commander for a tank called Lulubell (I think)... they were in the African desert fighting and found a demolished building that had a water supply. Water supply was all dried up, but a battalion of Germans were on their way there to get the water. They held the area to hold up the Germans so they couldn't get either to Italy or some other place in Africa.
Anyone remember what it was called?
-SW
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"The Eye Of The Needle" or "Patton"
"SPR" too...
I agree with Animal for the worst war movie.
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Ah, i think i know which film you mean SW. Sahara isn't it?
A Bridge too far is my fave, i think.:)
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Das Boot
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Das Boot
The Longest Day
Kelly's Heros (just for kicks)
Patton
The Thin Red Line
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Cross of Iron
A Bridge too Far
Blackhawk Down
Band of Brothers Miniseries
Tronsky
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I have to second his eskimo-ness on 'Battle of Britain'
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Tie between Apocalypse Now and Mega Force.
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Flying Tigers, with John Wayne... 'course, that's mainly 'cause I'm a P-40 freak... :D
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Originally posted by AKS\/\/ulfe
Legionaire!!! (dunno how to spell it)
It had Jean Claude Van Dam, so you KNOW it had to be kick ass!!!!
But seriously, there was this movie I saw a while ago.. I think it had Jim Belushi in it... he was the tank commander for a tank called Lulubell (I think)... they were in the African desert fighting and found a demolished building that had a water supply. Water supply was all dried up, but a battalion of Germans were on their way there to get the water. They held the area to hold up the Germans so they couldn't get either to Italy or some other place in Africa.
Anyone remember what it was called?
-SW
The original with Humphry Bogart was the best, imo. They used Valentine tanks I think. It was the one with the 75mm and another smaller turret gun. Somebody help me out here.:)
Very good movie both times.
Les
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Das Boot
Stalingrad
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Originally posted by Montezuma
Tie between Apocalypse Now and Mega Force.
"The good guys always win...even in the 80's"
LOL! :D
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Originally posted by Leslie
The original with Humphry Bogart was the best, imo. They used Valentine tanks I think. It was the one with the 75mm and another smaller turret gun. Somebody help me out here.:)
Very good movie both times.
Les
I think the tank you want is the Grant. Had a 75mm gun in the hull, and a turret mounted 37mm gun IIRC.
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Thanks UserName. That sounds like the one.:D
Les
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Originally posted by Wotan
Das Boot
Stalingrad
Ditto.
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SPR and Das Boot
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Glory
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Air - Battle of Britain
Land - saving Private Ryan
Sea - Das Boot
but there are so many other ww2 movies out who are really
very interesting, like Taxi for Tobruk or the flight of the phoenix.
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Toss up between Navy Seals, and Iron Eagle .
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Sergeant York (Movie with a message)
Sands of Iwo Jima (Not bad...relatively free of anti-Japanese bias...considering when it was made)
Cross of Iron (Great portrayal of the Eastern Front)
Patton (Fine portrayal of a Great General...with all his foibles...gotta feel sorry for Tim Considine)
Kelly's Heroes (Great comedy..."We're gonna boil our laundry!")
Stalag 17 (Another great comedy..."But what if she (Betty Grable) don't want me?" "If she don't want you, she don't get nothin'."
Blue Max (Don't know why...just a personal preference.
Shuckins
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Originally posted by Wotan
Das Boot
Stalingrad
Exacly my sentiments.
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Dr. Strangelove.
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With Bogart was great.
Grant tank lol one of my fav tanks. Even though it was horrid, it had riveted armor then even if the shot that hit it did not penetrate the rivets would fly off and bounce around inside and could kill you!
Did the Jim bulushi version ever come out??
I would say.
Hamburger hill.
SPR.
blackhawk down.
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Dr Strangelove
Starship Troopers
Das Boot
Ice Cold in Alex
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Bunch of panzies in here....
BAND OF BROTHERS
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Bridge over the River Kwai
The Great Escape
Kelly's Heroes
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and now go check the errors ;)
Movie Mistakes (http://www.moviemistakes.com/index.php)
oh my god, SPR 84 errors! no matter still a great movie :)
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You guy s are a bunch of crackheads.
The best war movie ever made has to be Active Stealth. It has to be. They show it every other day on HBO23 or whatever it is called. Why would they show a movie that much if it isn't great?
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Stalingrad
Kellys Heros
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Stripes!
:D
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I liked a bridge to far, saving private ryan was like ok..., Tora Tora Tora was a pretty good one,
*holds onto 5$ dvd of a bridge to far*
Medal of Honor whats that one all about? Keep hearing ppl talk about it, no not the game.
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GI Jane
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Where Eagles Dare (Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood)
-music composed by Ron Goodwin, who also did most of the music for Battle of Britain (the rest was by William Walton).
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Beau Gest
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The Fighting Lady
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Debby Does Dallas
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Not one mention of When Trumpets Fade?
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WW1- The Lost Battalion
WW2- hard choices between Das Boot...Battle Of Britain and Patton
Cold War- Dr. Strangelove "YAAAHOOOOOOO!"
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The Longest Day
John Wayne..... need I say more?
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Originally posted by GtoRA2
Did the Jim bulushi version ever come out??
I saw it a long while ago, 2-3-4 years ago on a cable movie channel.
-SW
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Gallipoli
Big Red 1
Apocalypse Now
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Das Boot
Catch 22
A Midnight Clear
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Don't forget that recent movie about a Russian tank separated from its comrades in Afghanistan ... on TV ... might have been called The Beast or The Tank or something like that.
And there was an older movie about ordinary Germans caught up in WWII and just trying to survive as reluctant soldiers, vaguely aware of bad things Hitler was doing but unable to influence that. It ends with the family reunited and on their townhouse balcony looking down the street toward advancing Russians and saying something like, "Maybe it won't be so bad."
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That was called "The Beast" and it was an HBO film from about 4 years ago. A very well done film.
AKDejaVu
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Oh me there are so many have seen over the years;
Saving Private Ryan numero uno Movies
Band of Brothers TV Series
Das Boot
Final Countdown Sci Fi
Platoon
Full Metal Jacket
Tora Tora Tora
Patton
A Bridge Too Far
Flying Tigers
Battle Of Britian
Lady Lex
Yorktown
30 Seconds Over Tokyo
Guadalcanal
Gray Lady Down
Black Sheep Squadron (TV Pilot)
Battle of the Bulge
Marines (John Wayne)
The Longest Day
Good Morning Vietnam!!!
The list could go on but, while Soph in high school Bridges at Toko Ri, was used as a Patriotic cheer up to ready us for Vietnam.
Krotki, United we stand. (Hit'em Hard First)
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I've got to add:
Wackiest Ship in the Army?
Hawmps
Mr Roberts
PT 109
Red Badge of Courage
Midway
Battle for Coral Sea
Big Red One
Iwo Jima
Mash (Movie)
Sand Pebbles (Steve McQueen)
And many of those not listed here but in the forum.
Krotki, United we stand. 303rd & 308th "The Polish Squadrons"
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Originally posted by AKDejaVu
That was called "The Beast" and it was an HBO film from about 4 years ago. A very well done film.
AKDejaVu
er, was it this one? (http://us.imdb.com/Title?0094716) A bit older than 4 years though. Not sure if they did some sort of remake.
-Sik
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Kelly's Heros is the one I've watched the most.
If you havn't seen it, it's a must see. Oddball is my hero, and the best tanker ever.
I'll try to remember some quotes from memory.
"My CO got his head blown off, and his CO doesn't realize he's dead. Now we wait here behind the lines, incase Hitler makes a push towards Paris, or New York."
-Oddball
"Crazy! I mean like, so many positive waves maybe we can't lose! You're on!"
-Oddball. I think this is when he decides to engage some Tiger tanks and 80 infantry in his Sherman with less than a dozen infantry to support him.
"I'm just drinkin a little wine, eatin a little cheese, and soakin up the rays"
-Oddball, sitting on a lawnchair in the middle of the battle mentioned above
"That's my other dog imitation."
-Oddball
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Still waiting on pink paint shells in AH .
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Originally posted by AKDejaVu
That was called "The Beast" and it was an HBO film from about 4 years ago. A very well done film.
AKDejaVu
RPG kaboom tank!
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Das Boot This must be one of the best films, ever!
Dr. Strangelove
Ice Cold In Alex
Angels 1 5!
Saving Private Ryan
I still enjoy The Dambusters every time I see it too. As for 'Stripes', geez, I used to love that film! ;)
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GI Jane!!!!!!!!!
:p
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1. Final Countdown
2. GI Jane
3. Star WArs
4. Battlestar Galactica
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Originally posted by Sikboy
er, was it this one? (http://us.imdb.com/Title?0094716) A bit older than 4 years though. Not sure if they did some sort of remake.
-Sik
Nope.. that was it. I guess I just lost track of time on that one. Damn... its bad when 4 years seems like 14.
AKDejaVu
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Interesting user comment: "DAS BOOT in a tank meets a Hong Kong action movie"
:confused:
I'll have to watch it.
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Why dosn't anyone like Final Countdown? It was awesome!
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Final Countdown was indeed a great movie. But I think it's underrated because of the sad ending.
They don't even get to change history! :sniff:
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What ? no mention of 'Failsafe' yet ? For honorable mention war comedy ' Operation Petticoat ' .
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"when trumpets fade" its an hbo film about the battle hurtigen (please exuse spelling) forest. i like it because it doesent have any corny patriotic crap in it.